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The Co-Op Games of 2011 Preview - Page 2

Little Big Planet 2System(s): PS3Release Date: January 18th, 2011Co-Op: 4 Player Offline Co-Op / 4 Player Online Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Team up through co-op specific levels or user created levels with friends. Build levels together and create new experiences.

MindjackSystem(s): 360,PS3Release Date: January 18th, 2011Co-Op: 3 Player Online Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Mindjack allows players to take control of any character in a game. Co-Op gamers can seamlessly join a friends game to help out as long as the host player is still alive. Other gamers can take control of enemies as well, turning the game into a versus type mode, but you can disable it. This would make it 3vs3.

Two Worlds 2System(s): PC,PS3,360Release Date: January 25th, 2011Co-Op: 8 Player Online Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Co-Op is relegated to specific adventures and a village mode used to trade items, etc.

Lord of ArcanaSystem(s): PSPRelease Date: January 25th, 2011Co-Op: The Co-Op Experience:
Play with up to three friends to defeat tough enemies and reap rewards together

Radiant SilvergunSystem(s): XBLARelease Date: WinterCo-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-Op / 2 Player Online Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Radiant Silvergun is considered to be one of the best shoot em ups of all time. Released first in the arcades, it also was available for the Sega Saturn. Ikaruga is a sequel of sorts, and the two games share many characteristics, like bonus points for killing enemies of certain colors in a chain.

Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2System(s): XBLA,PSNRelease Date: February 2nd, 2011Co-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Team up with a partner for some couch co-op swinging, shooting, and jumping

Killzone 3System(s): PS3Release Date: February 22nd, 2011Co-Op: 2 Player Offline Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Play through the campaign with a friend in couch co-op.

BulletstormSystem(s): 360,PS3,PCRelease Date: February 22nd, 2011Co-Op: 4 Player Online Co-OpThe Co-Op Experience:
Anarchy is a 4 player co-op mode of Bullestorm that has players working together to stay alive and score big points at the same time. Anarchy will have players working together to not only survive, but to achieve a certain score to progress through the waves of enemies. Not only will players have their own skill shots at their disposal, but cooperative skill shots as well.